In the basement with my Gramps

Hey people's today I am going to write about something I used to do with my grandfather. Here it goes.

My grandad A.K.A. Gramps has an office in his basement and I remember when I was younger we would watch shows like the Lone Ranger and Hop along Cassidy. We would turn the lights off and bundle up in coats to watch the shows from his television. It seemed like he always had a plastic tub of cookies we would get out to munch on. Down there I watched a few movies too, like Harvey and It's a Mad Mad world. Harvey is a movie about a man and his friend, the giant invisible rabbit, called a Pookah. It's a Mad Mad world is a movie about a bunch a people finding out about a bunch of hidden money from a dying man. The information sparks a crazy adventure where more and more people find out and it turns into a mad race to get to it!

Recently the new Lone Ranger came out and I took Gramps to see it. It was enjoyable but very different from the show I watched as a kid. The Lone ranger wasn't much of a hero. He made all the right choices but he was not the hero type. Most of the time it was Tonto leading around the Lone Ranger, Tonto riding Silver, or Tonto saving the Lone Ranger's but. It was an okay movie but it wasn't the real Lone Ranger. The real Lone Ranger was almost dead, and he got up, Tamed a Horse, forged silver bullets, and put the bad guy in jail. That's why he is considered a classic.

Anyway I just wanted to write about an experience I enjoyed from when I was younger. I also wanted to mention that my Dad's good friend Bill is in the hospital and to please keep him in your prayers. Bye.

By Ashton

My Minecraft world

Hello people's. Today I am doing another blog on Minecraft and I know some of you are groaning right now but I wanted to say this for some other people out there. Here it goes.

Recently I was finally able to get the full version of Minecraft on to the computer. Currently I only have one survival world and one creative world. This part of my blog is about creating things in Minecraft. The seed I am using (how the world will look like) has a really cool mountain in it with many cool overhangs, craters, tunnels and other things weaving through it and I think it would make a great place to build a medieval style castle/home. They are many monsters in Minecraft and many necessary things to do build so this (my current house) just will not cut it.



My pitiful house.


Zombies are breaking down my door!

Bye the way it is raining in some of these pictures if you were confused. This is the front view of the mountain and as you can see I have already built most of the castle bridge.





I have wired it to work when I flip this lever.


Ta da! So when I remove the walls water will cover the bridge until I flip the switch pushing up blocks to form a path.



This will be the front of the castle and I am thinking that I will have boats lined up here for passage through the castle like the streets in Venice.



I'm sure I could make another cool water feature with this waterfall.



Here is a tunnel going through the mountain that could be a cool hallway.




I could have a spiral staircase going up through this hole.

Perhaps a guard's lookout over the bridge could be here. This would probably be where the main tower will go, up and through the mountain. A beautiful view showing just how amazing this mountain is. I also plan on adding an alchemy tower for potions an enchanting station a lookout, and many different farms including a big trap for monsters.



Another waterfall.

In Minecraft your character normally looks like this.


Minecraft permits you to change how you look so that on multiplayer people look different. How you look is called your skin. The official app for creating your own skin is called Minecraft skin studio. This is my skin which is almost done.


He is styled after some kind of God that exists in Minecraft and his home will be my castle. He has blood red gauntlets and sword in a white sheath.
He also has light leather armor and a gray robe. Right now I have named him The Hunter.





This is a Template I made for a bow and quiver. I realize the bow is ridiculously small but due to space I cannot make it any bigger. I have not decided whether or not to keep the sword or replace it with this. I like how his sword looks more but I want my character to have a bow.

So that is my Minecraft world so far. Please comment with any advice on my castle or my skin. Bye!

By Ashton

Pacific Rim

Hey people's. Today I am doing a blog on Pacific Rim. Here it goes.




Me, my dad, and his friend Steve saw Pacific Rim on Friday. It was amazing. For a movie with giant robots fighting giant alien monsters it really didn't need much of a plot to be liked but the story was still really good. It looked really good too.

The movie was filled with color like the neon signs in Hong Kong, Monster Acid, and laser beams.




The CGI looked real. The movie is based off of a inter dimensional rift opening in the Pacific ocean. Huge monsters called Kaiju started coming out and destroying cities on the coast. Tanks and planes were not enough. The world pooled their resources and created giant robots called Jaegers that had to be piloted by two compatible people because it was to much on one persons brain to fight the monsters. We started winning but now the Kaiju have evolved...




I remember coming back from this movie thinking is this the next generation's Godzilla? When I was little I watched the old black and white Godzilla movies over and over again and I loved them. Now I still like them because I liked them as a kid but I realize their age and how old the special effects are. Will their be a time where I'm watching something like this with my kids but for them it will be awesome but more like this?




Make sure you watch this movie people. Bye!




By Ashton

Pacific Rim

Hey people's. Today I am doing a blog on Pacific Rim. Here it goes.

Me, my dad, and his friend Steve saw Pacific Rim on Friday. It was amazing. For a movie with giant robots fighting giant alien monsters it really didn't need much of a plot to be liked but the story was still really good. It looked really good too.



The movie was filled with color like the neon signs in Hong Kong, Monster Acid, and laser beams. The CGI looked real. The movie is based off of a inter dimensional rift opening in the Pacific ocean. Huge monsters called Kaiju started coming out and destroying cities on the coast. Tanks and planes were not enough. The world pooled their resources and created giant robots called Jaegers that had to be piloted by two compatible people because it was to much on one persons brain to fight the monsters. We started winning but now the Kaiju have evolved...



I remember coming back from this movie thinking is this the next generation's Godzilla? When I was little I watched the old black and white Godzilla movies over and over again and I loved them. Now I still like them because I liked them as a kid but I realize their age and how old the special effects are. Will their be a time where I'm watching something like Pacific Rim with my kids but for them it will be awesome but more like this?


Make sure you watch this movie people. Bye!


By Ashton

The Man of Steel

Hey people's. Today I am doing a blog on The Man of Steel. Here it goes.

A few weeks ago my family saw The Man of Steel. It was a great movie. It looks great. The acting is good, but there was a few things I didn't like.

SPOILERS

People died. In this movie there was Superman and people still died. In the beginning Jor El is killed by General Zod and Kal is sent to earth on a mission to preserve Krypton. This is a cool concept but as far as I'm concerned Superman's parents died in each others arms as Krypton exploded and the only reason they sent Kal off in a Rocket was because they loved him.

When General Zod started terraforming Earth a gravity beam was violently picking people up and slamming them to the ground. Nobody ever said they were dead but I doubt many of them survived that. A military general crashed his Plane to stop Zod. This idea I am okay with because he was a good man sacrificing himself to save humanity. At the end General Zod with his newfound powers is fighting Superman in a museum and they get in a position where General Zod dies or General Zod kills a family.

Superman snaps General Zod's neck. I am not saying that that was the wrong choice for Superman or that he did the wrong thing I am saying Superman doesn't kill. Superman is one of the most influential characters in American culture and one of his rules is that he doesn't kill. After Alex saw this movie we were at Ocean City and he was playing with his action figures. Superman was killing the bad guys. Dad had to explain to Alex why Superman had to kill general Zod. I realize that chracters have to adapt to new tastes in modern culture but that might have been to far. Superman made the right choice but I don't think that Superman should ever be portrayed in a movie or comic killing anybody. It could of been a lot better if awesome music came on, Superman figured out how to stop General Zod, and put the General in the Phantom Zone.

Nevertheless it was a great movie and you should all go see it and tell me what you think. Of course here I am just pointing this out because I feel like it had to be seen. Bye.

By Ashton